Basket



(No Model.) 1 1 P. PARTHIER. BASKET 110,571,452.' Patented Nov. 17, 1896.

UNITED STATES l FRIEIJRIon PARTHIER,

PATENT OFFICE.

or oI-IIoAeo, ILLINOIS.

BASKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent o. 571,452, dated November 17, 1896. Application filed July 31, 1895. Serial No. 55 7,669. (No model.)

securely fasten the upper ends of the sticks or upright portions of the basket and shield such ends from injury and wear.

'With these ends in view my invention consists in certain features of novelty by which the said object and certain other objects hereinafter appearing are attained, all as fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the skeleton portion of a basket embodying my improvements, certain portions being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail plan view of one of the horizontal sticks on the edge of the basket. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view thereof with the finishing-strip 'secured in place, and Fig. 4is a transverse section al view taken on the line 4 4, Fig. 3.

In carrying out my invention I pass the upper ends of the sticks or upright portions l. of the basket through suitable perforations extending vertically through a number of horizontal sticks or bars 2, which constitute the upper edge or rim of the basket and which are provided in their upper edges with a groove or channel 3 of sufficient width to receive the extremities 4 of the sticks 1, which, after being projected a short distance through t-he sticks 2, are bent down into the groove or channel 3 in the manner more clearly shown in Fig. 3. The channel 3 is preferably of sufcient depth to receive the entire thickness 4of the ends 4, Vso that the latter, when turned down in the manner shown in the drawings, will be below the surface of the stick or bar 2, and hence,when secured in this position, completely shielded from wear or any injury that 4vided in any desired manner.

by stacking the baskets or the upper edge of the basket and further` guarding against the dislodgment of the ends 4 from the groove 3 I provide the upper edge of the stick or bar 2 With a finishing bead or strip 6, which covers the groove 3 and ends 4' therein and may be secured in place on the stick or bar 2 by any suitable attaching devices, such as the screws 7, which are passed through the strip 6 and screwed into the bar 2, and also through the ends 4 should the latter fall in the line of the screw, as shown in Fig. 3; or, if desired, the screws may be arranged to one side of the ends 4, as will readily be understood. It is also evident that the strip 6 in one sense constitutes a substitute for the staples 5 or other attaching devices, inasmuch as the strips 6 would, in the absence of such staples, serve to holdthe ends 4 in their angular relation with reference to the sticks 1, and consequently prevent their withdrawal from the bar 2.

rlhe web or body portion of the basket may be constructed of any suitable material and secured to the skeleton or frame thus pro- In Fig. 1 I have shown a portion of the body or web construct@ d of wicker Woven around the sticks in the ordinary manner. The upper edges of the basket, if desired, may also be reinforced by metallic straps or othersuitable stays 8, and the joints of the bars 2 and strips 6 reinforced by corner-pieces 9. a

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a basket the combination with the upright sticks, of longitudinal bars arranged along the upper edges of the basket at the IOO upper ends of said sticks and having perforations for the passage of said sticks and being grooved in their upper edges from end to end, the ends of said sticks being of less Vertical thickness than said groove and being bent over and seated thereinto; staplesdriven into said longitudinal bars over the bent ends of said sticks, and a strip secured to said longitudinal bars over said staples and said bent ends of the sticks7 for holding said staples Io andthe bent'ends of the sticks in place, substantially as set forth. Y

FRIEDRICH PARTHIER. Witnesses:

F. A. HOPKINS, EDNA B. JOHNSON. 

